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Cardinal Moran
During his episcopate, Moran consecrated 14 bishops (he was the principal consecrator of William Walsh, Michael Verdon, Patrick Vincent Dwyer, Armand Olier and also assisted in consecrating Patrick Clune, among others). -
Establishment of the Maronite Eparchy
the Maronite Patriarch sent two priests to Sydney, having realized the need to establish a Maronite Mission in Australia. In 1894, a Maronite chapel was set up in Waterloo and served until 1897. -
Federation
Australia became a nation on 1 January 1901 when 6 British colonies—New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania—united to form the Commonwealth of Australia. -
World War 1
The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. -
Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix became Archbishop of Melbourne in 1917. His opposition to conscription brought him and the Catholic community into direct conflict with Australia's Protestant majority. -
Marist Brothers and Fathers
Marist Father, member of Society of Mary (S.M.), a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1816 in the diocese of Belley, Fr., by Jean-Claude Courveille and Jean-Claude-Marie Colin to undertake all ministerial works—parishes, schools, hospital chaplaincies, and the foreign missions -
The Depression Years
Factors that economists have pointed to as potentially causing or contributing to the downturn include troops returning from the war, which created a surge in the civilian labor force and more unemployment and wage stagnation -
Bob Santamaria
In 1941, Santamaria founded the Catholic Social Studies Movement, generally known simply as "the Movement" or Groupers, which recruited Catholic activists to oppose the spread of communism, particularly in the trade unions. -
Cardinal Gilroy
Gilroy was created a cardinal on 18 February 1946, and was assigned the title of becoming cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, becoming the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals. -
Immigration from Britain and Ireland
Irish immigrants came to England fleeing poverty and the Great Famine in Ireland. By 1861, 600,000 people, or 3 per cent of the English population, had been born in Ireland. Three-quarters of Irish immigrants were unskilled labourers or farm workers. -
De La Salle brothers
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the Christian Brothers (sometimes by Lasallian organisations themselves), French Christian Brothers, Lasallian Brothers, or De La Salle Brothers (Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum; French: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes -
The Labor Party Split
In 1955 the Australian Labor Party (ALP) split for the third time in its history, this time over anti-communist sentiment. The split helped keep Prime Minister Menzies' government in power for another 17 years.